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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari (LN) - Volume 4 - Chapter Ep




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Epilogue: Friends Forever 

The queen gave orders to her subordinates before walking to the stairs behind the throne. 

“Melty… I’m leaving” 

“Oh, um… Okay.” 

Melty looked at me before answering. 

“Thank you for protecting me…” 

She continued, but was speaking so quietly it was nearly a whisper. Could she have said, “Sorry for not being myself"? 

I’m not deaf or anything…. but she could speak up a little. So I made her say it again. 

“Huh? What was that?” 

“Sigh. If I stick with you, I’ll never be safe—so this is a relief.” 

“What was that?” 

Who did she think she was? Oh yeah… a princess. 

Melty turned to Raphtalia. 

“Hey, don’t ignore me!” 

“Ms. Raphtalia. Thank you for protecting me. I will work with my mother to do whatever we can to have your village rebuilt. Please look forward to that.” 

“Yes. Thank you.” 

“This whole time that I was traveling with you, I’ve been thinking how much I want this country to be a safe place for both humans and demi¬humans to live together. I’ll change it. I promise.” 

“Hey, I’m not done talking! Melty!” 

“Naofumi—you’re so noisy.” 

What was that? Before I could yell back she had already turned to Filo. I kept quiet. 

…Because that strong-willed Melty was breaking down in tears. 

“What’s wrong, Mel?! Are you hurt?” 

“Not really… No, I’m fine—so don’t worry about me, Filo. Hey, Filo. I can’t… I can’t stay with you anymore.” 

“Are you going somewhere, Mel?” 

Filo could tell that something was wrong. She made a sad face. 

“Melty lives in a different world than we do. She can’t keep traveling with us the way she has been.” 

We couldn’t just take the future queen around on our adventures. 

“Is that true?” 

Filo looked like she was ready to start crying too. 

“… Yes.” 

“We can’t see each other anymore?” 

“No, we’ll meet again plenty of times. But I don’t think we can travel together anymore.” 

Melty turned around to look at the queen. 

The queen nodded silently. 

“So… So we’re splitting up?” 

 

“Yes. But, Filo, I can see you any time you come to the castle.” 

Melty’s voice wavered as she spoke. 

Melty had really influenced our travels. Everything changed after we met. 

“No! I… I want to be with Mel! Master!” 

“You got what you originally wanted. Melty is safe. You can’t ask for more than that.” 

“But…!” 

“Filo, you can’t be selfish.” 

“U…” 

Filo was rubbing her hands, very upset. Melty reached for them. 

“I know it hasn’t been that long… but I don’t know. I feel like I’ve known you forever.” 

“Mel…” 

“I’m very sad to be leaving you, Filo. But there are so many things waiting for you that only you can do. And there are things for me here, things that only I can do.” 

“But… but I want to stay with you, Mel! Wah…” 

“Filo.” 

Filo started to cry, and Melty reached out to touch her face. 

“It will be okay. If you ever want to see me, I’ll be here. I’ll be waiting for you, Filo, because you’re my friend. My best friend!” 

“Even if we can’t be together, you’ll always be my friend, right?!” 

“Of course! No matter where we go, I’ll always be your friend.” 

 

“Promise?” 

“Promise!” 

We hadn’t been traveling together for all that long, but Filo and Melty had really bonded. At the beginning, Filo had been selfish, a real hungry pig. But Mel had taught her what friendship really was—being there for someone else. 

Filo had made a good friend. It was important—these friendships. 

I decided that, when the waves were done and gone, I’d give Filo to Melty. 

Melty would treat her well, and I knew that Filo would be good to Melty too. 

They’d made good friends—both of them. 

We were watching the two of them say goodbye when Raphtalia reached for my hand and squeezed it. 

I didn’t say anything, but I squeezed her hand back. Everything was going well. 

I felt like I’d finally made it to the starting line.

Thinking back on it all, after I’d been framed, expelled, and discriminated against… nothing had gone well for me at all.

But things were changing.

I’d be as involved in things as the other heroes… if not more so.

And I had one less enemy to worry about. But the real problem of the waves hadn’t changed at all.

Still, I had to believe that everything was better than it had been. I wanted to believe it was better.

“Well…”

—I did believe it.

Looking at my friends, I believed it. 





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